Lakemoor Opinion
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Washington no place to run health careNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Americans presently enjoy the best health care system in the world. It provides the most advanced treatments to the most people with the greatest expedition possible. Th...
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Vaccine only good for making moneyNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Gardasil is a new vaccine that is supposed to protect young women and girls against four strains of the sexually transmitted Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Gardasil is prom...
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Listen to the average joesNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank God for the representatives who listen to the everyday "Joe" and voted for H.R. 3962. Too long we have been in the stranglehold of the insurance industry. We try t...
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A list of fixes for health careNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The House of Representative's version of the health care bill barely passed on Nov. 7. Good or bad? Many questions remain to be addressed. It's estimated that reform wil...
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Legal marijuana would be a menaceNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to differ with a Daily Herald commentary published on Sunday, Oct. 25 by Froma Harrop in which she called the crusade against marijuana ill-conceived. Harro...
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Time to pull out of AfghanistanNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The President spent part of Veterans Day spouting lip service to our vets. Then on the same day announces that he does not accept any of the Afghanistan options, and wil...
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Adopted children born in the heartNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - November is National Adoption month. This is very important to me because I was adopted when I was just more than a year old. I am now 15 and one of my life goals is to ...
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Burris deserved harsher punishmentNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - A favorite tactic of politicians who don't want to answer or be accountable for their actions is to put out a release late on a Friday. In this way, the matter escapes p...
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Benefits outweigh costs of mammogramsNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - I am writing in response to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations regarding screening for breast cancer. They suggest no screening age 40-49 and at mos...
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Building bad health system for our kidsNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - What we are doing is wrong. We need to work with the current system, encourage business to become more efficient, not create a "national health" program. Do you really w...